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  <h2>The <b>Perl&nbsp;6</b> Community welcomes you</h2>
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     We are a bunch of volunteers developing Perl 6 and
     Perl&nbsp;6 applications, and try real hard to be nice to
     each other.
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  <p>Get in touch with us! Here is how:</p>
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          <h3 class="trim-top">Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</h3>
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              Much discussion happens on <a href="/community/irc">#perl6,
              our IRC channel</a>. This is the fastest way to get help.
          </p>

          <h3>Blogs</h3>
          <p>
              Another way to stay tuned is <a href="http://pl6anet.org/">reading
              posts from blogs that focus on Perl&nbsp;6.</a>
          </p>

          <h3>Screencasts</h3>
          <p>
              You can learn some basics about Perl&nbsp;6 with these
                  <a href="http://szabgab.com/perl6.html#screencast">introductory screencasts</a> by Gabor Szabo.
              Gabor also frequents our IRC channel.
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          <h3>Rosetta Code</h3>
          <p>
              Perl&nbsp;6 is well represented on
              <a href="/community/rosettacode">Rosetta Code</a>, where you can see
              Perl&nbsp;6 (and many other languages) applied to numerous
              programming tasks.
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          <h3>Perl 6 Testers</h3>
          <p>
              <a href="http://testers.perl6.org/">Perl 6 Testers</a> shows the
              test status of the modules listed in the
              <a href="https://modules.perl6.org/">Perl 6 Modules Directory</a>.
          </p>

          <h3>Smoke Testing</h3>
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              The <a href="http://smoke.perl6.org/">Rakudo Module Smoke
                Results</a> page shows the results of smoke testing the
              <a href="https://modules.perl6.org/">Perl 6 Modules</a>.
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            For more persistent discussions (and for the poor folks who
            can't use IRC) we have several mailing lists.
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            As of 2014, the lists have very low traffic
            (because most activity is on <a href="/community/irc">#perl6</a>), but every
            question sent to it usually gets answered swiftly by at
            least one person.
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            You can subscribe to each list by sending an email to
            <em>list-name</em>-subscribe@perl.org.
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            <dt>perl6-announce</dt>
            <dd>
                <p>Moderated lists for announcements and news. Fairly low traffic
                (a few mails per month).</p>
                <p><a
                href="mailto:perl6-announce-subscribe@perl.org"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Subscribe</a>
                <a href="http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.announce/"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-success">Archive</a></p>
            </dd>

            <dt>perl6-language</dt>
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                <p>Discussions on the Perl&nbsp;6 language</p>
                <p><a
                href="mailto:perl6-language-subscribe@perl.org"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Subscribe</a>
                <a href="http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-success">Archive</a></p>
            </dd>

            <dt>perl6-compiler</dt>
            <dd>
                <p>Discussions on various Perl&nbsp;6 compilers</p>
                <p><a
                href="mailto:perl6-compiler-subscribe@perl.org"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Subscribe</a>
                <a href="http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.compiler/"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-success">Archive</a></p>
            </dd>

            <dt>perl6-users</dt>
            <dd>
                <p>User questions about the Perl&nbsp;6 language and compilers</p>
                <p><a
                href="mailto:perl6-users-subscribe@perl.org"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Subscribe</a>
                <a href="http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.users/"
                  class="btn btn-sm btn-success">Archive</a></p>
            </dd>

            <dt>perl6-workshops</dt>
            <dd>
                <p>Coordination of events related to Perl 6 (often together with
                other Perl or open source events).</p>
                <p><a
                    href="http://groups.google.com/group/perl6-workshops?hl=en"
                    class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">list info; subscription
                    </a>
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